wracks
Tears something apart
Wracks is the third-person singular form of wrack, meaning to cause destruction or ruin.
The phrase wracks one's brain (also spelled racks) means to strain mentally for an answer.
Wracks also names coarse seaweeds washed ashore, or the wreckage itself: storm wracks littered the beach.
Tears down completely
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- ravagesDestructive effects over time
- obliteratesDestroys completely
annihilates · shatters · decimates · dismantles · pulverizes · lays waste · crushes · razes
Destroyed remains of something
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- hulkMassive body or shell
reef · rocks · shoals · salvage · remains · timbers · ribs · skeleton
demolishes
Tears down completely
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- ravagesDestructive effects over time
obliterates · annihilates · shatters · decimates · dismantles · pulverizes · lays waste · crushes · razes · blasts
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
- debrisScattered broken fragments
hulk · reef · rocks · shoals · salvage · remains · timbers · ribs · skeleton · beached
anguishes
Suffers extreme distress
distresses · afflicts · plagues · persecutes · harrows · convulses · grips · seizes · shakes · twists
kelp
Large brown marine algae
- bladderwrackBrown algae with air sacs
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- rockweedIntertidal brown algae
tidal · shoreline · beach · strand · harvest · iodine · fertilizer · edible · dried · coastal